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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I am attending a meeting of this committee for the first time today. It is a pleasure to be here. I have three questions. Should I ask one after the other or is the format a back and forth?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Professor McMahon referenced how decisions are made and I will focus on that, specifically in the area of corporation tax. Earlier, when I was following the committee online, I listened with interest. He stated that the saving from windfall corporation tax receipts contributes to approximately 16 percentage points of the overall decline of net debt. Will Professor McMahon elaborate on how...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I apologise, but can we go back to how the council defines excess corporation tax. What measures does it use? I appreciate the council is examining global activity and so on, but what is its definition of "excess"?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Not to add to Dr. Casey's burden, but there is another issue I want clarification on. The council is examining a period in history and comparing it with today. A large number of multinationals have been here for a considerable period. How long does an entity have to operate in Ireland before it becomes what might be called an established income generator?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: No, this is a conversation about the definition of "excess", it is not-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: How does the council define "excess"?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: What period is Dr. Casey talking about?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: We are not going to get into every single model, but if we are using 2015 as a baseline, can Dr. Casey give us a clear example of one thing that would have an influence and one thing the council takes out because of its influence?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: In the calculations from 2015 up to now to determine the excess.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I had a question about procyclical policies.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: Professor McMahon said it is how decisions are made.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: That spending could go to the health service, for example.

Education Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I echo what Deputy O'Reilly said about the need to actually support this motion. Education is the last great equaliser of society. While it is no load to bear, the opportunities it presents, particularly to those who were born into disadvantage, cannot be overestimated. I will briefly touch on some comments made by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and...

Education Costs: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — primary and post primary education in this State is intended to be "free" under the Constitution and in legislation, but the reality is profoundly different; — the cost-of-living crisis continues to put parents and students under significant financial pressure; — according to the most recent Irish League of Credit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses for giving their time so freely, which is much appreciated. It is important that we hear different views on this issue. Dr. Mulligan is correct when she says this is complex and that is where those different views are so important to this committee because these are the views of so many other people in our communities and across the State. Nobody has a consensus on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: That is where my question focuses. Are we creating additional constitutional issues by loosening the blanket ban?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 619. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of community pharmacies services. [29175/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the representative bodies he and his Department have engaged with as part of the review of community pharmacies services, the representative bodies that remain to be engaged with, and the timeline for such engagement. [29176/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 621. To ask the Minister for Health his and his Departments engagement to date with the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform in relation to an increase in dispensing fees for community pharmacies to €6.50 per medicine. [29177/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 622. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing dispensing fees of community pharmacies, to a flat fee model of care being reimbursed at €6.50 per medicine. [29178/23]